Blom quarry, level IVf-4, Berg en Terblijt (Cretaceous of Netherlands)

Where: Limburg, Netherlands (50.9° N, 5.8° E: paleocoordinates 43.4° N, 4.6° E)

• coordinate estimated from map

• small collection-level geographic resolution

When: Meerssen Member (Maastricht Formation), Late/Upper Maastrichtian (70.6 - 66.0 Ma)

• bed-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: deep subtidal; poorly lithified packstone

Size class: mesofossils

Collected by L. Blezer

• Repository: Natuurhistorisch Museum Maastrich (NHMM)

Primary reference: E. Simon. 2007. A late Maastrichtian species of Gisilina (Brachiopoda, Chlidonophoridae) from the Maastricht area (The Netherlands, Belgium) first illustrated by Faujas de Saint-Fond. Bulletin de l'Institut Royal des Sciences Naturelles de Belgique, Sciences de la Terre 77:131-140 [M. Clapham/M. Clapham]more details

Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis

PaleoDB collection 170080: authorized by Matthew Clapham, entered by Matthew Clapham on 13.06.2015

Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)

Taxonomic list

Rhynchonellata
 Terebratulida - Cancellothyrididae
Terebratulina chrysalis Schlotheim 1813
 Terebratulida - Chlidonophoridae
Gisilina souparti n. sp. Simon 2007